Delicate, sheltered Monk has an earthy sidekick, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), the nurse he hired to help him curb the phobias that consumed him after his wife was killed by a car bomb. He regularly outwits the officers who grudgingly seek his help, Capt. Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and his doltish deputy, Randall Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford).
